运用差异显示技术分离水花生在干旱胁迫下表达上调的基因

干旱发生时,水花生的须根将转变成又长又粗的肉质根,这有利于保水和从土壤深处汲取水分以减轻旱害.本研究中采用差异显示技术克隆干旱发生时与水花生根形态发生相关的基因,为进一步通过转基因提高农作物抗旱性奠定基础;共使用15对引物组合,回收到20个可能的在干旱诱导后表达上调的带,其中有一个能被反向northern所证实;而后对其进行了克隆和测序;同源性比对表明它可能是一个新基因的片段.半定量RT-PCR分析进一步证明该基因在干旱和盐胁迫下表达上调.     

西部农村信息化建设的思考

农村信息化建设是国家信息化战略的重要组成部分，是加速实现农业现代化的重要途径。本文从信息化的定义、农村信息化与建设社会主义新农村的关系出发，分析了西部农村信息化建设中存在的问题，进而提出促进西部农村信忠化建设的几点建议。     

抗伪狂犬病病毒gC抗体制备及其gC蛋白表达

用纯化的重组蛋白His-gCN813制备抗PRV-gC抗体,并分析伪狂犬病病毒（pseudorabies virus,PRV）gC蛋白在真核细胞的表达情况。本研究以提取的病毒基因组为模板,PCR克隆PRV gC全长基因,构建gC真核表达质粒p3xFLAG-gC,在真核细胞中表达gC基因;纯化蛋白His-gCN813制备的抗体,Western blotting和间接免疫荧光（IFA）检测到p3xFLAG-gC转染真核细胞和PRV感染细胞中的gC蛋白。结果表明本试验成功构建了PRV gC基因真核表达系统,获得了特异性抗PRV gC抗体,重组gC真核表达质粒p3xFLAG-gC转染Vero细胞,表达的重组蛋白gC为72 ku,PRV感染Vero细胞,表达的gC蛋白为55、72和94 ku,主要定位在细胞浆,gC蛋白可以作为PRV感染的指示分子,为下一步研究PRV和宿主相互作用及PRV的复制奠定了基础。     

基于生态修复理念的西汉帝陵大遗址生态景观规划设计研究

通过分析挖掘西汉五陵塬地区的历史、民俗文化,以恢复生态学理论为指导,总结出西汉帝陵大遗址区生态景观设计原则,探讨了如何在城郊大遗址保护中运用生态设计手法创造出具有生态效应和持久魅力的遗址区景观规划设计案例。     

Quantifying the contribution of dissolved organic matter to soil nitrogen cycling using N isotopic pool dilution

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) has been recognised as a key carbon and nitrogen (N) pool involved with soil-plant-microbe interactions. Yet few studies have quantified this contribution in agricultural soils. In this study we leached DOM from a sandy loam and sandy clay loam soil under either grassland or arable cropping. Two weeks after DOM removal microbial respiration from soils was not altered. However, a significant (P<0.05) decline in microbial biomass-N, potentially mineralizable-N, gross N mineralization and gross nitrification occurred after leaching. This data illustrate that whilst DOM is a small component of the soil OM it contributed up to 25% of microbial N supply within these agricultural soils.     

Prioritisation of conservation areas in the Western Ghats, India

Areas of high conservation value were identified in the Western Ghats using a systematic conservation planning approach. Surrogates were chosen and assessed for effectiveness on the basis of spatial congruence using Pearson’s correlations and Mantel’s tests. The surrogates were, threatened and endemic plant and vertebrate species, unfragmented forest areas, dry forests, sub-regionally rare vegetation types, and a remotely sensed surrogate for unique evergreen ecosystems. At the scale of this analysis, amphibian richness was most highly correlated with overall threatened and endemic species richness, whereas mammals, especially wide-ranging species, were better at capturing overall animal and habitat diversity. There was a significant relationship between a remote sensing based habitat surrogate and endemic tree diversity and composition. None of the taxa or habitats served as a complete surrogate for the others. Sites were prioritised on the basis of their irreplaceability value using all five surrogates. Two alternative reserve networks are presented, one with minimal representation of surrogates, and the second with 3 occurrences of each species and 25% of each habitat type. These networks cover 8% and 29% of the region respectively. Seventy percent of the completely irreplaceable sites are outside the current protected area network. While the existing protected area network meets the minimal representation target for 88% of the species chosen in this study and all of the habitat surrogates, it is not representative with regard to amphibians, endemic tree species and small mammals. Much of the prioritised unprotected area is under reserve forests and can thus be incorporated into a wider network of conservation areas.     

Root-nodule bacteria from indigenous legumes in the north-west of Western Australia and their interaction with exotic legumes

Bacteria were isolated from root-nodules collected from indigenous legumes at 38 separate locations in the Gascoyne and Pilbara regions of Western Australia. Authentication of cultures resulted in 31 being ascribed status as root-nodule bacteria based upon their nodulation of at least one of eight indigenous legume species. The authenticated isolates originated from eight legume genera from 19 sites. Isolates were characterised on the basis of their growth and physiology; 20 isolates were fast-growing and 11 were slow-growing (visible growth within 3 and 7 d, respectively). Fast-growers were isolated from Acacia, Isotropis, Lotus and Swainsona, whilst slow-growers were from Muelleranthus, Rhynchosia and Tephrosia. Indigofera produced one fast-growing isolate and seven slow-growing isolates. Three indigenous legumes (Swainsona formosa, Swainsona maccullochiana and Swainsona pterostylis) nodulated with fast-growing isolates and four species (Acacia saligna, Indigofera brevidens, Kennedia coccinea and Kennedia prorepens) nodulated with both fast- and slow-growing isolates. Swainsona kingii did not form nodules with any isolates. Fast-growing isolates were predominantly acid-sensitive, alkaline- and salt-tolerant. All slow-growing isolates grew well at pH 9.0 whilst more than half grew at pH 5.0, but all were salt-sensitive. All isolates were able to grow at 37 °C. The fast-growing isolates utilised disaccharides, whereas the slow-growing isolates did not. Symbiotic interactions of the isolates were assessed on three annual, one biennial and nine perennial exotic legume species that have agricultural use, or potential use, in southern Australia. Argyrolobium uniflorum, Chamaecytisus proliferus, Macroptilium atropurpureum, Ononis natrix, Phaseolus vulgaris and Sutherlandia microphylla nodulated with one or more of the authenticated isolates. Hedysarum coronarium, Medicago sativa, Ornithopus sativus, Ornithopus compressus, Trifolium burchellianum, Trifolium polymorphum and Trifolium uniflorum did not form nodules. Investigation of the 31 authenticated isolates by polymerase chain reaction with three primers resulted in the RPO1 primer distinguishing 20 separate banding patterns, while ERIC and PucFor primers distinguished 26 separate banding patterns. Sequencing the 16S rRNA gene for four fast- and two slow-growing isolates produced the following phylogenetic associations; WSM1701 and WSM1715 (isolated from Lotus cruentus and S. pterostylis, respectively) displayed 99% homology with Sinorhizobium meliloti, WSM1707 and WSM1721 (isolated from Sinorhizobium leeana and Indigofera sp., respectively) displayed 99% homology with Sinorhizobium terangae, WSM1704 (isolated from Tephrosia gardneri) shared 99% sequence homology with Bradyrhizobium elkanii, and WSM1743 (isolated from Indigofera sp.) displayed 99% homology with Bradyrhizobium japonicum.     

Survival of the western pond turtle (Emys marmorata) in an urban California environment

The western pond turtle Emys (formerly Clemmys) marmorata is declining throughout its range, primarily due to loss of habitat via urbanization and conversion to agriculture. Urban waterways present several important challenges to freshwater turtle populations, but they also present an opportunity to maintain declining species in a ubiquitous habitat that has high public visibility. The arboretum waterway on the University of California, Davis campus is an example of an extensively altered urban habitat that supports a relatively large E. marmorata population. Over the last 6 years, we monitored the turtle population inhabiting the arboretum waterway to determine the demographic health of the population, and the challenges and opportunities that urban environments pose for pond turtles. Since 1993, the naturally existing arboretum pond turtle population has declined by approximately 40% and has shown little natural recruitment. During this time, we also introduced 31 headstarted turtles into the arboretum. Headstarting is the process of raising juveniles in captivity until they have outgrown their period of greatest vulnerability to predators, and then releasing them into the wild. Our headstarting results demonstrate that this contentious strategy is a viable option for adding young turtles to the population, although it does not address the causes of decline. Over the course of our study, we encountered nine species of non-native turtles in the waterway, and these appear to be a serious threat to the native species. As more habitat becomes urbanized, it is increasingly important to understand how freshwater turtles, such as E. marmorata, adapt to urban waterways and the impact of non-native turtles on native turtle species. Our strong feeling is that urban waterways can provide habitat for viable populations of freshwater turtles and showcase them to the public, but both the aquatic and terrestrial habitat must be managed according to the biological requirements of individual species.     

山羊TNNT3基因可变剪切及其对骨骼肌细胞分化的作用

【目的】快速骨骼肌肌钙蛋白T(fast skeletal troponin T3,TNNT3)作为肌钙蛋白(troponin, Tn)家族成员,调节横纹肌收缩、参与骨骼肌的生长发育并影响家畜肉质性状。通过获得山羊TNNT3基因的可变剪切体,分析山羊TNNT3基因可变剪切的表达模式及其在肌细胞分化中的作用,深入解析TNNT3基因在山羊骨骼肌生长发育过程中的作用机制。【方法】基于NCBI已公布山羊TNNT3基因(NM₀01314210.1)和牛TNNT3基因(XM₀10821200)mRNA序列,使用软件Primer Premier6.0设计引物,以简州大耳羊胚胎期和出生后7个阶段骨骼肌为试验材料,克隆测序获得山羊TNNT3基因的CDS区可变剪切体,利用软件ORF Finder、EditSeq、DNAMAN、ClustalW和MEGA_X10.1.8等对序列进行生物信息学分析;进一步设计实时荧光定量(real-time PCR,RT-qPCR)及半定量引物,研究TNNT3基因剪切体在7个不同组织(背最长肌...     

防控有害入侵生物——西花蓟马

西花蓟马(Frankliniella occidentalis)是一种世界著名的危险性害虫,我国大陆于2003年首次报道。西花蓟马的发生给农作物造成严重危害和经济损失。本文就西花蓟马的寄主与危害及其防控等方面进行了概述。